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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuromodulation. 2011 Sep 21;14(6):515–522. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2011.00391.x

Table 1. Outcome measures collected at baseline and follow-up.

Measure: Baseline: Six-Month Follow-up: 12-Month Follow-up: 18-Month Follow-up: 24-Month Follow-up:
UPDRS (Parts I-IV) (ON) 38 32 27 22 20
UPDRS-III (ON) 13 14 8 6 9
UPDRS-III lateralized27 scores (ON) (R/L) 6 / 4 3 / 7 2 / 5 2 / 4 3 / 6
UPDRS-III (OFF) 20 23 19 25 24
UPDRS-III lateralized27 scores (OFF) (R/L) 9 / 6 10 / 7 8 / 8 10 / 11 12 / 8
% time ON with dyskinesias 0 0 0 0 0
Anti-PD medications (levodopa equivalents)28,29 225 133 133 436 361
IPG amplitude setting§ (R/L) N/A 1.5 / 1.5 1.8 / 1.8 1.8 / 1.8 1.8 / 1.8
PDQ-39 8.91 UTD* 2.34

ON refers to ON stimulation/ON medication (collected on day 1 of inpatient evaluation)

OFF refers to OFF stimulation/OFF medication (collected on day 8 of inpatient evaluation, after 7-day washout period)

§

§All other stimulation parameters remained constant throughout the two-year follow-up period: monopolar configuration with the case set to positive and the active contact set to negative (Left: contact 2; Right: contact 1) at a pulse width of 60 μs and frequency of 130 Hz.

*

Unable to do: one question was left unanswered by the subject. The scoring instructions for the PDQ-39 instrument state that if one item is left unanswered, the overall index cannot be calculated.